Legal Opinion
Barton v. Farmers' State Bank
Texas Commission of Appeals
Decided October 14, 1925No. 695-4251PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNickels, J.
The bank sued Barton, declaring upon a negotiable demand note of date November 29, 1921, for the principal sum of $5,000, interest, and attorneys’ fees. The petition was filed September 6, 1922. B'arton promptly answered, setting up a general demurrer, a general denial, and facts, which, if true, would show that the note in question was but manually delivered for a restricted purpose, and that whatever rights the bank had grew out of a debt for which the bank’s officers, J. T. Hutto and one Mc-Cann (with Barton), were jointly liable; it being shown that McCann was insolvent. Those facts were…
2Cases cited63 opinions
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- Skipwith v. HurtTexas Supreme Court · 1901
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